Octagon Roof Framing

Watch this video for a virtual tour of an octagonal roof framing model created in sketchup for the exploring octagonal roof framing tutorial at the digital.

Octagon roof framing.

Sbe builders 5305 laguna ct. 6 159 on the tongue and 10 on the body to draw out the plumb and level cuts of the octagon hip rafter. Learn rick s method for framing an octagonal turret roof. Using the chappell master framing square line 1 under 8 12 6159.

For builder rick arnold taking a little more time to understand the framing was all he needed to get started on a successful project. Framing an octagonal turret roof this roof shape may look complicated but it s basically the same process as framing a common 45 degree bay window roof. By rick arnold issue 224 the first time i saw an octagonal turret on a set of plans i cringed. Framing an octagonal turret roof fine homebuilding there s no denying that an octagonal turret roof is a challenging project.

Or they could have purchased a chappell master framing square that has the hexagon and octagon roof framing information printed on the square. The octagon plan angle is 67 50.